Manuscript consists of the texts of six Upanisads: the Kaṭhavallī or Kaṭha Upaniṣad (f.1-7); the Praśna Upaniṣad (f.8-12); the Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad (f.13-17a); the Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad (f.17a-19); the Pūrvatāpinī or Pūrvatāpanīya Upaniṣad (f.20-24b); the Uttaratāpinī or Uttaratāpanīya Upaniṣad (f.24b-26).
Text of the Kaṭha Upaniṣad begins: oṃ uśan ha vai vājaśravasas sarvavedasan dadau | etc.
It ends: yo vidaddhyātmam eva | ṣaṣṭhī vallī | kaṭhavallī samāptā | hariḥ oṃ | śubham astu ||
Text of the Praśna Upaniṣad begins: saha nāv avatu || oṃ śāntiḥ | śrīḥ | bhadraṃ karṇebhiś śṛṇuyāma || śāntiḥ | Sukeśā ca Bhāradvājaś Śaibyaś ca Satyakāmas Sauryyāyāṇī ca Gārgaḥ Kausalyaś cāśvalāyano Bhārgavo Vaidarbhiḥ Kabandhī Kātyāyanas te haite, etc.
South Indian Sanskrit / Whish Manuscript Collection.
See ’A catalogue of South Indian Sanskrit manuscripts (especially those of the Whish Collection) belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland’ by M. Winternitz, with an appendix by F. W. Thomas (London: RAS, 1902) p.18-19. Go to http://tinyurl.com/j3tkdwj for a digital copy of this catalogue.
J. L. Whish, gift of manuscripts collected by his brother C. M. Whish, July 1836.